1990: undoubtedly part of the greatest era in hip-hop, and who better than my olde mate DJ Bobafatt to put out two free, fresh mixes in tribute?
Archive for February, 2011
February 21, 2011
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Jamie xx and Gil-Scott Heron – We’re New Here
By Ash in Musical MurmuringsOooh.
February 21, 2011
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Queens Of The Stone Age
By Ash in Music Reviews
Resurrection is both a mystifying and illogical practise, capable of evading all logic of human understanding. The art of letting go comes buried deep amongst raw grief and sadness. Yet we have a choice to celebrate the dead by continuing to live. But under what circumstance can we exonerate those that dare to exhume dead, forgotten, and decaying bodies?
Within a musical context, the current trend of remastering and re-releasing classic material continues unabated. The process is ultimately a licence to print money poorly concealed as a pure, altruistic dedication to the fans. Or the record is now just being released the way the band would have wanted to hear it, but the technology at the time of recording was lacking. Or the technology now is so vastly improved that it brings out the subtlety of the original tapes so a new generation can appreciate it. Etc.
So, what is the accepted length of time before someone can claim a record is a classic? The vast majority of people would perhaps say a record can be labelled ‘classic’ on first listening. Remember how long it took the NME to deem The Arctic Monkeys’ debut Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not’ a classic? It became almost immediately worthy of inclusion in the top 10 of their 100 Best British Albums List. So why did this young, ‘classic’ British group look to California’s Joshua Homme to produce their last record, Humbug?
February 15, 2011
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The King Of Limbs.
By Ash in Musical Murmurings
Do you like Radiohead? Yes, you probably do. If so, you’ll probably want to get your hands on a physical copy of their new album as soon as it’s released. It’ll set you back a mere £33. Yes. £33. Why? BECAUSE THEY NEED THE MONEY. We’re all in this recession together, you know.
OK, you can download it for £6 as of Saturday, but if you want the ‘deluxe’ edition (there’ll be a regular CD released too), then you’ll have to chop off a…
So what do you get in the deluxe package? You get a CD (hooray!) and two 10″ vinyl discs. The deluxe edition will also feature “many large sheets of artwork” and “625 tiny pieces of artwork and a full-colour piece of oxo-degradable plastic to hold it all together”.